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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785008103321

Autore

Neely Mark E., Jr.

Titolo

The union divided [[electronic resource] ] : party conflict in the Civil War North / / Mark E. Neely, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, c2002

ISBN

0-674-04135-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

320.973/09/034

Soggetti

Political parties - United States - History - 19th century

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 “No party now but all for our country” -- 2 “Blustering treason in every assembly” -- 3 “He must be entrenching” -- 4 “Odious to honourable men” -- 5 “Times of corruption and demoralization” -- 6 “Paroxysms of rage and fear” -- 7 The Civil War and the Two-Party System -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark E. Neely, Jr. vividly recounts the surprising story of political conflict in the North during the Civil War. Examining party conflict as viewed through the lens of the developing war, the excesses of party patronage, the impact of wartime elections, the highly partisan press, and the role of the loyal opposition, Neely deftly dismantles the argument long established in Civil War scholarship that the survival of the party system in the North contributed to its victory.